Previous explanations of middle ear muscle activity have only considered possible acoustic functions1–4. However, in waking, unrestrained cats, ...

Vestigial human ear muscles react to sounds even if the external ear does not move. This could be used to build better earing aids. If you hear something interesting, you might prick up your ears ...

Have you ever glanced at your cat and wondered what’s really going on in that mysterious mind? The secret might just be ...

Zachary Rollins, 22, allegedly told his mother he bit the cat's ear off because "it had bit him first," according to an arrest citation Pulaski County Detention Center Zachary Rollins, 22, faces ...

Reflex Activation of the Soleus Muscle of the Decerebrate Cat by Vibration P. B. C. MATTHEWS 1 nAff2 Nature volume 209 , pages 204–205 ( 1966 ) Cite this article ...

Ancient ear-wiggling muscles kick on when people strain to hear. That auricular activity, described January 30 in Frontiers in Neuroscience, probably doesn’t do much, if anything. But these ...

Human ears can’t prick up, but the vestigial ear muscles sure try Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability to ...

Vestigial human ear muscles react to sounds even if the external ear does not move. This could be used to build better earing aids. A muscle that 'perks' the ear could hold clues to make better ...

A muscle that 'perks' the ear could hold clues to make better hearing aids By Nell Greenfieldboyce Published January 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM EST ...

Vestigial human ear muscles react to sounds even if the external ear does not move. This could be used to build better earing aids. A muscle that 'perks' the ear could hold clues to make better ...